Some Like it Dark investigates the role of night in the construction of contemporary cities and societies, illustrating how architectural theory and media are still associated with sunlight and diurnal paradigms.

Developed as part of the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) at HEAD – Genève, this series of MA projects aim to examine and question the absence of night in architectural representation, discourse and agency by addressing the technologies, networks and forms of design deployed in nocturnal spaces and their associated communities.

From the dominance of day-time photography in publications to the absence of dedicated nocturnal biennials, architectural media has, albeit with a few exceptions, uncritically inherited the pre-modern diurnal episteme that preceded the invention of artificial light in the 19th century. Ultimately, is architectural representation diurnal by default ? Some Like it Dark is part of the research project Scènes de Nuit.

More information at: www.scenesdenuit.ch